"In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings, [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi let The Communist News Network build a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln's desk once stood," Steube tweeted Wednesday, sharing the image of CNN covering the Jan. 6 hearings. As CNN's Andrew Kaczynski noted, Steube removed the tweet after he realized the CNN panelists in the photo were simply speaking in front of a screen. "Rep. Greg Steube removed his tweet calling CNN 'The Communist News Network' who built 'a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln's desk once stood' because was informed this what we the TV business refer to as a screen," Kaczynski wrote. Steube, a Florida representative, was one of 147 Republican congresspeople to vote in favor of overturning the 2020 presidential election results. In opening remarks, Vice Chair Liz Cheney — the top Republican on the House committee — described what was to come in the hearings.

Source: CNN June 18, 2022 09:14 UTC